The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-04-02

! litical economy. That my hints may be
| idle ones, my suggestions vain. and my
memoranda worthless. Bat | pray at
/ your hands the favor which good iuten-
/ tious should always merit r express
/ myself as briefly aud cuncSeIv as | may
on = social occasion like this | shall with
| your lndulgercr classify my remarks
under three gen-r a heads viz:
STATISTICS o. LOCAL As>I.s>MENTs-INE-
QUALITY OF LOCAL ASSES -MENT-
REMEDIAL sUG..E> IONS.
To bring under these three heads a
vast amount of dl-a taken through sew.
eral weeks from the assessment records of
the county. | don't propose 10 'reat you,
as the Iege ndary lodsew lie did her boils,
by smotherlug you with mass of I'M
CLASSIFIED matter. H. alone is the sue
ceS>fui student of HISTORY, who classify
lnE his data 10y periods and epnchs reads
Alright the philosophy of events had
intended to have outlined brief his
torcal sketch of Cecil comfy as :. sort of
preface to this paper. but did not, be-
cause | had comparatively recently pub
isled III my newspaper quite lengthy
sketch ol II, aud winch its compiler has
since published in book form
have often felt ashamed Of my stats-
tical ignorance of the county of my birth. |
Ask the first two intelligent men you
met now lh.ge Cecil county is, what its
acreage. the number and extent OF it's
individual land holdings, aud you Will be
amused at the disparity OF their gu-sses. |
Few persons even the best informed upon
general subjects, seem to care to trouble |
themselves with mere statistic Il jnforma-
uoh. | haven't much confidence myself
III your ready reckoner sorL of charac- |
tiers. For they are a deal like Dun
drtarN cane, they contain too much |
a al II there is a peSlile!UuS fellow in |
this world, it is he who Is constantly
knocking you down with hard facts, and
bewlldrruS YOU with figures and Stats
ties. sui as all farmers know about
this tins, there is Il certain amount of
dIIlSent mathem 4 les absolutely essential
3" meet squafeIy current business de-
mandS. IL rtquireS smaIt msulug, to
prevent Others from getting hopelessly
INFO your debt, and hoAe5t figuring to
keep out of debt yourself.
AREA OF CECIL COUNTY.
Cecil county is the eighth III order of
population, and the sixteenth in area of
the counties of Mary land IC contains
abont one thirty fourth of the entire
population OF the state, and one twenty
ninth OF its area. Il Contains 400 square
miles, or about two-thiids of the alea of
Dorchester county which is the largest
county i'll the stare. although it has tut
thr"e fodrths OF the population of Cecil
county, which by the census of 1850 was
-',iUN. 1t ) present population can be
SAFELY computed At something over sc, 600.
DIVISION EY DISTRICTS.
The county is divided into riEe cleo
ton districts, its southern boundary be-
lug the Sass ,ITIs river, and It's northern
the Prnns ylvanla line The Fifth dis
triot OF which North Elst is the voting
precinct has tie largest acreage, it con-
tanning 1870 3 acres. The Fust district
bounded by tie 5 ssafras. Elk, and Be-
40 N. IiN ;,l
42.-9't acres. Tuen the Second district
OF whIch CheS Ip-ake CRY is the voting
pr@cinct with an acreage - 9j1i acres.
TLcn the rhird district which contains
the county seat with an acreage of 22.931.
Then the Sixth, of which Rising sun is
the voting PIE sinct with an average of
lN.GG2a acres. Tnen the Fourth with an
acr' a.,e Of lN.216, The Seventh with
an acreage OF lG 252. Tnc Ninth with an
acreage OF l4.Nss. aud Last the Eighth
d.Stlct with an acreage of 10. U62. The
total acreage of the county as indicated
on 'he assessment record of the County
Commissioners office is PIP >. ) acres or So
;'NI acres less than its acreage computed
bylts generally published area 10y square
miles. We shall not stop to consider the
pAlp sole reasons OF this contraction of
county asses>ible area, attributable prn
cipLliy to loss 10y Water surface, suffice it
to say that you are all more interested in
contraction OF values, ami OF pleseut exist
IN. rates of taxation.